Economy

Economy April 11, 2017 | 5:12 pm

Coffee growers face their ‘worst’ crisis; slam Agro chief

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's coffee growers grouped in Concafed on Tuesday said the sector has plunged into its worst crisis ever, as rust damages their plantations and denounced a lack of government aid. Organization spokesman Carlos Ramírez said the country's 30,000 coffee growers have lost out on around RD$18.0 billion (US$383.0 million) in earnings in the last four years. He sai... Read more